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triflex® R (R for "round") is the third generation 3-axis energy chains from igus®. The multiaxial energy supply system triflex® R has been specially developed for the sophisticated 6-axis robotic applications in harsh industrial environments. Some of the important design features are: Fiber rod option for the partial reinforcement of the triflex® R, approximately ±10° Torsion per chain link, high tensile strength through ball-and-socket joint. In the meantime, the triflex® R product range consists of more than 100 components, so that all requirements of large welding robots up to the small pallet robots can be met. triflex® R has received the iF design award.

Typical industrial sectors and applications:

First choice for industrial robots, machine tools, 6-axle handling equipment, conveyor technology, general mechanical engineering and many more.

Applications with cobots

Palletising with cobots

TRE.40.058.0.B in conjunction with the UR metal clamps ensure a trouble-free energy supply on the cobot.

Palletising with cobots

Quality control tests with cobots

The cable to the 2D camera and the vacuum hose are safely guided through the TRE.40.058.0.B and attached to the cobot with the UR metal clamps.

Quality control tests with cobots

Automotive industry

Electronic components in vehicles are checked over again in the last production segment – robots check all the systems on the interior.

Automotive industry

LED bulbs production with cobots

The TRE.40.058.0.B in combination with UR metal clamps ensure trouble-free cable guidance on the cobot for LED bulb production in confined spaces

LED bulbs production with cobots

Overview of triflex® R applications:

Robot end effector

A larger working space as well as neutralised collisions between the fuselage and the robot end effector.

Robot end effector

Palletisation with Fanuc R2000iC 165F

TRE.B e-chain in combination with the retraction system (TRE.RS) allow 360° rotation of axis 6

Palletisation with Fanuc R2000iC 165F

Remote controlled manipulator

Special solution with 2 reverse TR.RSE.50 retraction systems ensures compact installation space with maximum retraction length

Remote controlled manipulator

3D printing in XXL format

Safe cable management through TRE.B with the pneumatic retraction system (RSP)

3D printing in XXL format

Robotic systems in automotive welding and assembly lines

Multi-axis energy supply with low-profile design.

Robotic systems in automotive welding and assembly lines

Coating with Fanuc P350

The 3D movement of the TRC e-chain with the retraction system (RSE) even allows working overhead

Coating with Fanuc P350

Heavy-duty cable robot

Move up to 250 kg freely in space

Heavy-duty cable robot

Friction stir welding with Fanuc

The special welding method using a Fanuc equipped with TR.RS.60 retraction systems and the easy-to-fill TRE.60.087.0.B

Friction stir welding with Fanuc

Deburring with Yaskawa

Deburring shower trays with a fibre-rod on a Yaskawa

Deburring with Yaskawa

Cable protection

triflex® as cable protection system in corporate colour at ING Bank.

Cable protection

Automatic injection moulding

Here, a triflex® from igus® protects the pneumatic lines attached to a robot: it is an integrated part of an injection moulding line.

Automatic injection moulding

Industry washing facility

A robot is positioned in a washing chamber and the cables for sensor or pneumatic hoses revive its six axles.

Industry washing facility

CNC technology

CNC drilling or milling – simultaneously at both sides of the machine tool shaft.

CNC technology

Automation

Robot controlled procedure in the car industry: Spot welding or arc welding are applications that are used in very different assemblies.

Automation

Automotive industry

The demand for reliable, energy-saving light solutions is growing.

Automotive industry

Antenna

A Discone antenna rotates about + / - 360 degrees an in the vertical axis about + / - 130 degrees.

Antenna

Four-fold load capability

Multi-dimensionally moving energy supply system for a palletising robot

Four-fold load capability

Mobile laser hardening system

Reliable 3D energy-chain for a mobile laser hardening system

Mobile laser hardening system

CNC multi-spindle lathes

Greater freedom of motion at very high cycle rates

CNC multi-spindle lathes

3D plasma cutting heads

Having the ability to move in all directions, 3D energy chains permit axes to swivel continuously.

3D plasma cutting heads

Automotive industry

Multidimensionally moveable energy supply systems provide the highest flexibility and the longest holding times in all complex movements, and at the same time are installation friendly.

Automotive industry

Clean room technology

The number of freely hanging cables should be bundled together. The specific movements executed by the robot stress the energy cables to a high degree.

Clean room technology

Pharmaceutical industry

The task was to design a reliable handling and also update it optically according to the latest technology.

Pharmaceutical industry

8 hours saved in installation

By the use of triflex® RS, the start-up of a complete system for robot-aided production of household appliances could be shortened from 12 to 4 hours.

8 hours saved in installation

Multi-axis robots

Maintenance free with cables and multi-dimensional energy chains.

Multi-axis robots

Satellite salvage service

An increasing amount of space junk, in other words no longer required or defect parts from space missions orbiting the earth, is also threatening current missions.

Satellite salvage service

Household appliances production

Just 24 hours passed between order, delivery and installation. The entire system functions without any problem from the first day on.

Household appliances production

Photovoltaics

Dust, sand, heat and rain: Energy chain for the solar technology for multiaxial movements in a photovoltaic plant.

Photovoltaics

Project ADVOCUT

Design of a machine tool with highly integrated mechatronic milling module.

Project ADVOCUT

Suspended articulated arm robot

triflex® R as a complete solution for several tasks at once on a suspended robot

Suspended articulated arm robot

Assembly line

Robot in a Ford assembly line in Cologne.

Assembly line

Handling system

Robotic handling system for circuit boards. Flexible energy supply system in use in clean room technology.

Handling system

Automatic screwdriver system

A faultless supply of screws is guaranteed by the bend protection of the triflex® R system.

Automatic screwdriver system

Dummy robot

A very high acceleration provided an enormouschallenge for the design engineers of this robot.

Dummy robot

Cable guide on the robot

Prior to the use of the e-chain®, the cables were fastened with cable ties. That frequently led to entangled cables and the corkscrew effect, which lets the cables become susceptible to core ruptures.

Cable guide on the robot

Cable guide on the robot

In the case of these robots, the hosepackage had to be replaced very fewweeks.

Cable guide on the robot

Cable guide on the industrial robot

With this industrial robot, a fixed pipe between the 3rd and 6th axis was replaced with a three-dimensional triflex® R energy chain.

Cable guide on the industrial robot

Laser measuring telescope

The rotary motion in both directions by up to 310° is also possible at high speeds of up to 20 meters per second.

Laser measuring telescope

Robot for printed circuit boardhandling

For the handling of printed circuit boards, a six-axis robot is used in the case of this application instead of the usual linear systems.

Robot for printed circuit boardhandling

Photovoltaic tracking system

Automatically aligning the photovoltaic tracking systems to the position of the sun with the aid of lubricant-free plastic plain bearings produces a particularly high efficiency.

Photovoltaic tracking system

Laser-welding-robot

This laser welding robot works extremely fast. Here, a very flexible and, above all, fail-safe energy supply system is required.

Laser-welding-robot

Large Binocular Telescope

After its completion, this giant telescope in Arizona(USA) will look deep into our universe; the two mainmirrors each have diameter of 8.4 metres.

Large Binocular Telescope

SCARA robot

The special feature of thisapplication is the hot chips produced during the machining process, which do not stick tothe igus® e-chain® and therefore extremely reduce the maintenance expenditure as a result.

SCARA robot

Dragon robot

A robot as an actor: Tradinno is one of the main actors in Germany's oldest folk play the "Further Drachenstich".

Dragon robot

Assembly robot

The combination of movements in different axes makes it difficult to dimension the cables properly. If they are too short, they tear.

Assembly robot

High-frequency
spindle robot

This high-frequency spindle robot has been improved – not only in terms of looks – by the use of the universal module triflex® RS.

High-frequency
spindle robot

Industrial scanners

Here, igus® e-chains® are used in two industrial scanner applications. With the first application, cracks can be determined in concrete slabs.

Industrial scanners

Control robot

This robot in a car factory is the “supervisor” over five smaller robots that supply it.

Control robot

Assembly robot

These robots assemble household appliances such as dishwashers. They ensure safe handling when welding two plastic moulded parts.

Assembly robot

Lithotripter

This device breaks down kidney stones using electromagnetic shock waves, so that an operation is no longer necessary.

Lithotripter

Spot-welding robot

The downtimes have been drastically reduced through the use of an igus® solution for this robot in automotive construction, too.

Spot-welding robot

Robot for car glass handling

igus® triflex® R has successfully replaced the previous solution attempted with this robot, too.

Robot for car glass handling

Robot in car factory

Extremely cramped conditions repeatedly led to problems with energy chains used with robots in a car factory.

Robot in car factory

Robot arm for labeling

The robot arm in this application labels car parts. Its special feature is the almost fence- less operation.

Robot arm for labeling

MIG welding robot

Cable protection is particularly important for this application, since the welding robot works with gas!

MIG welding robot

Cableway switch

Every day, the cableway cabins on the Kitzsteinhorn cableway have to be moved off or put back onto the storage sidings in the top and bottom stations.

Cableway switch

Self-stabilizing platform "Ampelmann“

This platform, which has been given the name “Ampelmann”, is used on the open sea.

Self-stabilizing platform "Ampelmann“

Tobacco packaging

A lot of dust occurs during the tobacco packing. For this reason, an e-chain® that works perfectly even under very dusty conditions had to be found for this packaging machine.

Tobacco packaging

Test equipment

Robot energy chain triflex® R in test equipment for the pharmaceutical industry.

Test equipment

Nuclear physics

A telescope that allows research and observation of the Tscherenkow radiation in an international project can rotate around two axles.

Nuclear physics

Further interesting applications from extremely diverse areas can be found here.

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